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| Solec Zdrój is a town and commune located in south-eastern part of the Świętokrzyskie province, several kilometres from where the Nida river joins the Vistula. The commune has 5400 residents.
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In 1837, Zdrój Sołecki was entered in the register of Polish spa towns and the history of the town as a spa has began. with this entry. The charming Spa Park with unique tree population and the Rzoska river which creates lovely panoramas make attractive settings for holidays and treatment. Another place of interest in the commune is the Szaniecki Landscape Park. In addition to beautiful nature, Solec attracts visitors with its special microclimate with high percentage of sunny days and low rainfall throughout the year.
At present, Solec Zdrój has two springs of therapeutic chloride-iodine-sodium-boron-sulphate saline water, called simply the sulphate water. High sulphur and mineral contents make it the strongest therapeutic water in Poland and one of the best in Europe. Its high medical properties are used primarily for treatment of the rheumatic diseases of the kinetic system, as well as post-injury orthopaedic conditions.
The prophylactics of civilisation diseases needs appropriate ecological environment to be effective; the Solec Zdrój Commune has been for many years involved in various activities aiming at the protection of the natural environment. In the years 1980-1994, most of the households were plugged into the gas supply system, which reduced the emission of air pollution agents. In the result, Solec Zdrój ranks first in the Świętokrzyskie Province with respect to ecology and purity of air. An additional element which contributes to the comfort of guests is the location of the spa buildings in a beautiful, historic spa park with unique trees: ancient common limes, black pines, sycamores and magnolias as well as large catalpas and larches. The park neighbours with a lake which attracts swimmers in summer and skaters in winter. Solec Zdrój has also historic St. Nicolas church with a crucifix of the turn of the 16th century and a Renaissance tombstone of Samuel Zborowski, a wooden church in Świniary, built in the 12th century and the Palace of Zborowo, which was originally built in Renaissance, on the turn of the 16th century, a family mansion of the aristocratic Zborowski family).
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